# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百八十一条の四 (Article 281-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 刑事訴訟法 (Code of Criminal Procedure), 昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号 - English title "Code of Criminal Procedure": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二百八十一条の四 (Article 281-4) — address `art-281-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百八十一条の四 art-281-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4 **第一項** 被告人若しくは弁護人（第四百四十条に規定する弁護人を含む。）又はこれらであつた者は、検察官において被告事件の審理の準備のために閲覧又は謄写の機会を与えた証拠に係る複製等を、次に掲げる手続又はその準備に使用する目的以外の目的で、人に交付し、又は提示し、若しくは電気通信回線を通じて提供してはならない。 art-281-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-1 The defendant or the defense counsel (including the defense counsel provided for in Article 440) or those who were formerly in such position must not deliver, present or send by telecommunication lines to others copies and other materials of the evidence which the public prosecutor has given the opportunity to inspect or copy for the preparation of the proceedings of a case charged to the court, unless for the intention of use in the following procedures or for the preparation thereof: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The accused or the defense counsel (including the defense counsel provided for in Article 440) or those who were formerly in such position must not deliver, present or send by telecommunication lines to others copies and other materials which the public prosecutor has given the opportunity to inspect or copy for the preparation of the proceedings of a case charged to the court, unless for the intention of use in the following procedures or for the preparation thereof:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **一** 当該被告事件の審理その他の当該被告事件に係る裁判のための審理 art-281-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-1/item-1 proceedings of said case charged to the court or other proceedings for a trial related to said case charged to the court; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該被告事件に関する次に掲げる手続 art-281-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-1/item-2 the following procedures related to said case charged to the court: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 第一編第十六章の規定による費用の補償の手続 art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-1 procedures for the compensation of expenses provided in Book I, Chapter XVI; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 第三百四十九条第一項の請求があつた場合の手続 art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-2 procedures for the request of Article 349, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a hearing on the request of Article 349, paragraph (1);" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **ハ** 第三百五十条の請求があつた場合の手続 art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-3 procedures for the request of Article 350; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ニ** 上訴権回復の請求の手続 art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-4 procedures for request for recovery of the right of appeal; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ホ** 再審の請求の手続 art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-5 procedures for request for a retrial; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ヘ** 非常上告の手続 art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-6 procedures for an extraordinary appeal to the court of last resort; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ト** 第五百条第一項の申立ての手続 art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-7 procedures for the petition in Article 500, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **チ** 第五百二条の申立ての手続 art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-8 procedures for the filing of the objection in Article 502; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **リ** 刑事補償法の規定による補償の請求の手続 art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-9 procedures for the request for compensation under the Criminal Compensation Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定に違反した場合の措置については、被告人の防御権を踏まえ、複製等の内容、行為の目的及び態様、関係人の名誉、その私生活又は業務の平穏を害されているかどうか、当該複製等に係る証拠が公判期日において取り調べられたものであるかどうか、その取調べの方法その他の事情を考慮するものとする。 art-281-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-2 When taking measures for violation of the provisions in the preceding paragraph, the court is to consider the contents of the copies and other materials, the intent and mode of the violation, whether or not the reputation of the related persons has been damaged, if the privacy or the affairs of the related persons have been violated, whether or not the evidence relating to the copies and other materials has been examined on the trial date, the method of examination and any other related particulars taking into account the right to defense of the defendant. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When taking measures for violation of the provisions in the preceding paragraph, the court is to consider the contents of the copies and other materials, the intent and mode of the violation, whether or not the reputation of the related persons has been damaged, if the privacy or the affairs of the related persons have been violated, whether or not the copies and other materials have been examined on the trial date, the method of examination and any other related particulars taking into account the right to defense of the accused." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-281-4/par-1: 第四百四十条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十条 (Article 440), art-440 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-440 - art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 第三百四十九条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十九条第一項 (Article 349, paragraph (1)), art-349/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-349/par-1 - art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-3: 第三百五十条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条 (Article 350), art-350 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350 - art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-7: 第五百条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百条第一項 (Article 500, paragraph (1)), art-500/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-500/par-1 - art-281-4/par-1/item-2/sub-8: 第五百二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百二条 (Article 502), art-502 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-502 - art-281-4/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百八十一条の四第一項 (Article 281-4, paragraph (1)), art-281-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百八十一条の四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-4/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百八十一条の五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-281-5/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Code of Criminal Procedure, written 2026-11-06 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 刑事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-10-20 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000131/20261020_508AC0000000067), retrieved 2026-11-06 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure (刑事訴訟法), Article 281-4, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure (刑事訴訟法), Article 281-4, paragraph (1), item (ii), (b) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure (刑事訴訟法), Article 281-4, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06 - This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06